Moore, Christopher
Biography
Christopher Moore has been called Canada's most versatile writer of history. He's a Toronto-based writer who has been presenting Canadian history to non-specialist audiences through many media for twenty years.
Moore's books include 1867: How the Fathers Made a Deal, which Dalton Camp called "just about the best book on our history I've ever read." He wrote the 1999 photo-history best-seller Canada: Our Century with Mark Kingwell. He helped create the best-selling children's history The Story of Canada. His first book, Louisbourg Portraits: Life in An Eighteenth Century Garrison Town, won the Governor General's Award in non-fiction.
Moore is a full-time writer; his other writing includes magazine essays, a weblog, columns, film scripts, radio documentaries, guidebooks, reference works, and computer simulations. Reviewers call Christopher Moore "a historian who always writes with grace and intelligence," and "obviously no slave to political correctness."
His awards include the Governor General's Award, the Mr. Christie Award and the Children's Literature Roundtable Award (for The Story of Canada), and the Secretary of State's Prize for Excellence in Canadian Studies, as well as recognition from the Canadian Historical Association and Ontario Historical Society. His achievements have been recognized in the authoritative Canadian Who's Who. His journalism has twice been recognized with National Magazine Awards nominations.
Raised in Nelson and Vancouver, British Columbia, Christopher Moore has also lived in Nova Scotia and Quebec. In 1999-2000 he was chair of The Writers' Union of Canada. He was a member of the board of Access Copyright 2001-2007, the Canadian copyright licensing agency. Chris lives in Toronto with his wife and their two daughters.
(From: http://www.christophermoore.ca/chrisbio.htm)
Other Information
Related Websites or Blogs
Christopher Moore at Writers' Union
Published Work
2007. [with Janet Lunn] The story of Canada. Toronto: Key Porter. (Nonfiction)
2004. Champlain. Toronto: Tundra Books. (Nonfiction)
2002. THe big book of Canada. Toronto: Tundra Books. (Nonfiction)
2000. Adventurers: Hudson's Bay Company, the epic story. Toronto: Quantum Books. (Nonfiction)
1999. [with Sara Borins & Mark Kingwell] Canada: our century: 100 voices, 500 visions. Toronto: DOubleday Canada. (Nonfiction)
1997. The Law Society of Upper Canada and Ontario's lawyers, 1797-1997. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. (Nonfiction)
1997. 1867: how the Fathers made a deal. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. (Nonfiction)
1996. [with Janet Lunn] The story of Canada. Toronto: Lester Pub./Key Porter. (Nonfiction)
1988. Peggy Crysler of Upper Canada. Toronto: Grolier. (Nonfiction)
1988. Mathurin Brochu of New France. Toronto: Grolier. (Nonfiction)
1987. William Van Horne. Toronto: Grolier. (Nonfiction)
1986. Samuel de Champlain. Toronto: Grolier. (Nonfiction)
1984. The Loyalists: revolution, exile, settlement. Toronto: MacMillan. (Nonfiction)
1982. Louisbourg portraits: life in eighteenth century Canada. Toronto: MacMillan. (Nonfiction)
